Irregular Apocalypse, Melbourne Station, Tau-44, 17:27 Sirius Standard Time.
"You are sadly correct. We can not do something about that as of this moment. However if we make it out alive, I believe we can put a little more emphasis on... independence." Rasim answered. "It might feel a bit crazy and ambitious perhaps, what I am going to say right now. What if we could use the climate into our advantage in the aftermath of...this?" Then he motioned around with his hand pointing in general. "A new...union? Crayterians and Guild alike. At least those that wish to. I believe Henderson and his men thought of closer relations between Crayter and the Guild. This might seem like...treason maybe, but think about it. Would you prefer to follow an indecisive 'Guildmistress in wild chases instead? What is a 'Guildmistress' even? You miners having royals around now?" Rasim took a second to recompose himself and then started talking again. "I damn sure had enough of crying to houses for help. I understand having them as cooperative ventures, even allies, but where did our dignity go, to the point we are dragging Liberty into Coronado? If we have to deal with this massive invasion on our own, why do we even bring Liberty into the table for minority of sniffers?"
